Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 129
AV 20 129.1
एता अश्वा आ प्लवन्ते
etā aśvā ā plavante
These horses swim hither.
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These mares come springing forward to Pratipa Prātisutvana.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.2
प्रतीपं प्राति सुत्वनम्
pratīpaṃ prāti sutvanam
(they swim) upstream, against the current, toward the soma-presser.
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AV 20 129.3
तासाम् एका हरिक्निका
tāsām ekā hariknikā
Of these, one is a hariknikā (a tawny-yellow one).
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4. One of them is Hariknikā. Hariknikā, what seekest thou?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.4
हरिक्निके किम् इछासि
hariknike kim ichāsi
O Hariknikā, what do you wish for?
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AV 20 129.5
साधुं पुत्रं हिरण्ययम्
sādhuṃ putraṃ hiraṇyayam
A good son, golden.
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6. The excellent, the golden son: where now hast thou aban- doned him?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.6
क्वाहतं परास्यः
kvāhataṃ parāsyaḥ
Where did you cast away the one (you had) struck?
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AV 20 129.7
यत्रामूस् तिस्रः शिंशपाः
yatrāmūs tisraḥ śiṃśapāḥ
Where those three śiṃśapā trees (are).
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8. There where around those distant trees, three Sisus that are standing there,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.8
परि त्रयः
pari trayaḥ
three round about—
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AV 20 129.9
पृदाकवः
pṛdākavaḥ
—adders (pṛdākus),
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10. Three adders, breathing angrily, are blowing loud the threatening horn.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.10
शृङ्गं धमन्त आसते
śṛṅgaṃ dhamanta āsate
They sit blowing the horn.
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AV 20 129.11
अयन्महा ते अर्वाहः
ayanmahā te arvāhaḥ
They went — great are thy (steeds?) coming hither.
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12. Hither hath come a stallion: he is known by droppings on his way,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.12
स इछकं सघाघते
sa ichakaṃ saghāghate
He (?) seeks (it); he prevails against the assailant.
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AV 20 129.13
सघाघते गोमीद्या गोगतीर् इति
saghāghate gomīdyā gogatīr iti
"He is a match for the assailant, (worth) winning by cows, cow-gaining" — so (they say).
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14. As by their dung the course of kine. What wouldst thou in the home of men?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.14
पुमां कुस्ते निमिछसि
pumāṃ kuste nimichasi
A man — where do you sink down?
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AV 20 129.15
पल्प बद्ध वयो इति
palpa baddha vayo iti
"Palpa, bound one, O bird" — thus.
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16. Barley and ripened rice I seek. On rice and barley hast thou fed,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.16
बद्ध वो अघा इति
baddha vo aghā iti
"Bound for you (is) the evil" — thus.
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AV 20 129.17
अजागार केविका
ajāgāra kevikā
The little kevikā has awakened (or: has not awakened).
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18. As the big serpent feeds on sheep. Cow's hoof and horse's tail hast thou,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.18
अश्वस्य वारो गोशपद्यके
aśvasya vāro gośapadyake
The horse's tail-hair (is) in the cow's hoofprint.
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AV 20 129.19
श्येनीपती सा
śyenīpatī sā
She (is) the mistress of the white(-falcon) — or: the white falcon is her lord.
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20. Winged with a falcon's pinion is that harmless swelling of thy tongue.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 20 129.20
अनामयोपजिह्विका
anāmayopajihvikā
Free from sickness (is) the little upajihvikā (ant).
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